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van

noun

noun

  1. Archaic a winnowing machine
  2. Old Poet. a wing

noun

  1. a closed truck or wagon for moving furniture, carrying freight or people, etc.
  2. a small, closed truck for utility use, as deliveries, repairs, etc., or customized for use as an RV, airport limousine, etc.
  3. Brit.
    1. a closed railroad car for baggage, etc.
    2. a delivery wagon or truck
    3. trailer (sense )

transitive verb vanned, vanning

to transport in a van

intransitive verb

to travel in a recreational van

Related Forms:

of or from: in Dutch family names, van precedes a place name and together they indicate traditional place of origin
also Van

salt lake in E Turkey: c. 1,450 sq mi (3,755 sq km)

See van in American Heritage Dictionary 4

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